Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research
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Department of Social Sciences, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus

Biography

Dr. Charalambos Costeris is Registered Clinical and Health Psychologist. Researching the field of Psychodermatology His special research interests includes Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Psychological Assessment, Clinical Health Psychology, Clinical Assessment, Psychopathology.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Factors that Predict Patients' Satisfaction with the Psychological Outcome and the Appearance of their Skin after Treatment
  Author(s): Charalambos Costeris*, Maria Petridou and Yianna Ioannou
  
  Objective: The present study examined whether dermatological patients’ demographic and social characteristics could predict their satisfaction with the medical outcome. Moreover, it focused on two aspects of patients’ satisfaction; firstly, psychological factors that could predict satisfaction from the medical outcome and secondly, satisfaction from the appearance of their skin, after treatment. Methods: 108 patients (18~35 years) participated in the study. Fifty four were diagnosed by their Dermatologists with severe visible facial cystic acne (Group A) and 54 with non-visible psoriasis/eczema (Group B). The study included two assessment phases: prior to and post dermatological treatment phase. At prior to treatment phase, all patients agreed with their Dermatologist to begin medical treatment and were administer.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-9554.21.12.552

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